diff --git a/ports/bext-text/fix-boost-dependency.patch b/ports/bext-text/fix-boost-dependency.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..044d80c47a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/bext-text/fix-boost-dependency.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 2b7b03d6..1228484f 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
+ project(boost_text LANGUAGES CXX)
+ 
++include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
+ ################################################## 
+ # C++ standard version selection
+ ################################################## 
+@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ target_include_directories(text
+   PUBLIC
+   $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>
+   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>)
+-target_include_directories(text PRIVATE ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
++target_link_libraries(text PRIVATE Boost::boost)
+ set_property(TARGET text PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD ${CXX_STD})
+ target_compile_options(text PRIVATE -DBOOST_TEXT_SOURCE)
+ if (link_flags)
+@@ -106,13 +107,22 @@ install(EXPORT text_export
+   NAMESPACE Boost::
+   DESTINATION lib/cmake/text)
+ 
++
++configure_package_config_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/text-config.cmake.in"
++  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/text-config.cmake"
++  INSTALL_DESTINATION "lib/cmake/text"
++  NO_SET_AND_CHECK_MACRO
++  NO_CHECK_REQUIRED_COMPONENTS_MACRO
++  )
++
+ install(FILES
+-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/text-config.cmake
++  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/text-config.cmake
+   DESTINATION "lib/cmake/text")
+ 
+ install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/boost
+   DESTINATION "include")
+ 
++if(0)
+ # If Boost was not found, make text depend on boost_clone, so that we clone
+ # Boost from Github repos.  However, we don't want a permanent text ->
+ # boost_clone dependency, so make this CMakeLists.txt file dirty by touching
+@@ -140,4 +150,5 @@ endif ()
+ add_subdirectory(test)
+ add_subdirectory(perf)
+ add_subdirectory(example)
++endif()
+ 
+diff --git a/cmake/dependencies.cmake b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
+index 1e25c825..bcec1bc5 100644
+--- a/cmake/dependencies.cmake
++++ b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
+@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
+ # Boost
+ ###############################################################################
+ set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+-find_package(Boost 1.71.0 COMPONENTS ${boost_components})
++find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${boost_components})
++if(0)
+ if (Boost_INCLUDE_DIR)
+   add_library(boost INTERFACE)
+   target_include_directories(boost INTERFACE ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
+@@ -108,3 +109,4 @@ if (MSVC)
+ else()
+     find_package(ICU 60 COMPONENTS i18n data uc)
+ endif()
++endif()
+diff --git a/cmake/text-config.cmake b/cmake/text-config.cmake.in
+similarity index 70%
+rename from cmake/text-config.cmake
+rename to cmake/text-config.cmake.in
+index b7071ff5..b9c8be91 100644
+--- a/cmake/text-config.cmake
++++ b/cmake/text-config.cmake.in
+@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
++@PACKAGE_INIT@
+ include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
++find_dependency(Boost)
+ include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/text-targets.cmake")
diff --git a/ports/bext-text/portfile.cmake b/ports/bext-text/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5105504eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/bext-text/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO tzlaine/text
+    REF  dd2959e7143fde3f62b24d87a6573b5b96b6ea46
+    SHA512 6897d6aac64f16ebf7c0fc4623d5b773844e6714d7c4feef69fad338657e7e7f845a0120b1ffb7b36e8b29f42afde470d0883e65bbcd7adb9466f07306ed64d5
+    HEAD_REF master
+    PATCHES fix-boost-dependency.patch
+)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
+    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
+)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_install()
+
+vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(PACKAGE_NAME text CONFIG_PATH "lib/cmake/text")
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
+
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE_1_0.txt")
+
diff --git a/ports/bext-text/vcpkg.json b/ports/bext-text/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05dc6de183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/bext-text/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "name": "bext-text",
+  "version-date": "2024-01-19",
+  "description": "What a c++ standard Unicode library might look like.",
+  "homepage": "https://tzlaine.github.io/text/doc/html/index.html",
+  "license": "BSL-1.0",
+  "dependencies": [
+    "boost",
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/versions/b-/bext-text.json b/versions/b-/bext-text.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25eb208a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions/b-/bext-text.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "e7d3b13182249822322514dfc1157853d1202bfb",
+      "version-date": "2024-01-19",
+      "port-version": 0
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 8ebd7d1ff9..bf54549b19 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -612,6 +612,10 @@
       "baseline": "2.0.0",
       "port-version": 0
     },
+    "bext-text": {
+      "baseline": "2024-01-19",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     "bext-ut": {
       "baseline": "2.0.1",
       "port-version": 0